| Test Number |
27 |
| Title |
Flanagan Aptitude Classification Tests/Ingenuity (FACT Battery) |
| Author |
Flanagan, J. C |
| Category |
Test |
| Copyright Date |
1975 |
| Availability |
Out of print |
| Restrictions |
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| Age/Grade Level |
H.S. - adult |
| Cost |
No current information available |
| Forms |
A Battery of 18 tests. Test 9 is ingenuity. |
| Source |
No current information available |
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| Definition |
Ingenuity involves inventing or discovering a solution to a problem. More narrowly defined than creativity which involves evoking something new into being, something which did not previously exist. Ingenuity emphasizes the recognition of the existence of a problem and the ability to offer a neat, clever, or surprising solution. |
| Purposes |
To predict success related to certain jobs by assessing an individual’s abilities in terms of: inventing or discovering a solution to a problem; developing a neat, clever, novel, surprising, practical, useful solution to a real problem usually fitting, an |
| Characteristics |
Generating Ideas Digging Deeper into Ideas |
| Manual |
| Good |
The manual is through and well-organized. It includes a discussion of the test’s definition, purposes,theoretical rationale, target populations and uses, history and development, reliability evidence, administration and scoring instructions. |
| Validity |
| Fair |
Further validation studies are recommended, claims of validity are not supported by the data. |
| Reliability |
| Fair |
Stability results in a 1958 study: Grade 9, N = 991 r = .76; Grade 12, N = 1056 r = .80. Overall, MMY #8 reports that many of the sub-tests have a low reliability. |
| Utility |
| Good |
This test can be administered by any professional to groups or individuals. It is timed and takes 24 minutes. Scoring is local and by hand using overlay stencils |
| Interpretation |
| Fair |
Norms are based on a 1958 study involving 10972 cases in all four high school grades. It seems however that the results would have little application for creativity identification or instruction. The items are dated and seemed aimed at IQ instead of ingenuity or creativity. |
| Propriety |
| Poor |
Information not available |
| Reviews & Related Lit |
| MMY #7, 1972: Murphy, H. D. and McQuary, J. P.: “There are several features that recommend this test to the counselor for use in vocational counseling… The reviewers feel that this is a well-designed battery of tests and that the novel approach used by the test constructor warrants its continued use.” MMY #8, 1978: MacKinney, A. C. “Overall this is a good series of aptitude tests, potentially useful in personal selection.” |
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